CompTIA Project+ Certification (Exam PK0-004)

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5 Days

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This course is designed to provide you with the skills needed to be a successful project manager in today's rapidly changing world. Additionally, this course can be a significant part of your preparation for the CompTIA® Project+® certification exam.

This course may earn a Credly Badge.

Learning Objectives

In this course, you will apply recognized practices of project management and understand a project’s life cycle, roles, and skills necessary to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close a project.

  • You will:
  • • Identify the fundamentals of project management.
  • • Initiate a project.
  • • Create project plans, stakeholder strategies, and scope statement.
  • • Develop a Work Breakdown Structure and activity lists.
  • • Develop project schedule and identify the critical path.
  • • Plan project costs.
  • • Create project staffing and quality management plans.
  • • Create an effective communication plan.
  • • Create a risk management plan, perform risk analysis, and develop a risk response plan.
  • • Plan project procurements.
  • • Develop change management and transition plans.
  • • Assemble and launch the project team to execute the plan.
  • • Execute the project procurement plan.
  • • Monitor and control project performance.
  • • Monitor and control project constraints.
  • • Monitor and control project risks.
  • • Monitor and control procurements.
  • • Perform project closure activities.

Course Details

Course Outline

1 - Defining Project Management Fundamentals
  • Identify Project Management Basics
  • Describe the Project Life Cycle
  • Identify Organizational Influences on Project Management
  • Define Agile Methodology
    • 2 - Initiating the Project
  • Identify the Project Selection Process
  • Prepare a Project SOW
  • Create a Project Charter
  • Identify Project Stakeholders
    • 3 - Planning the Project
  • Identify Project Management Plan Components
  • Determine Stakeholder Needs
  • Create a Scope Statement
    • 4 - Preparing to Develop the Project Schedule
  • Develop a WBS
  • Create an Activity List
  • Identify the Relationships Between Activities
  • Identify Resources
  • Estimate Time
    • 5 - Developing the Project Schedule
  • Develop a Project Schedule
  • Identify the Critical Path
  • Optimize the Project Schedule
  • Create a Schedule Baseline
    • 6 - Planning Project Costs
  • Estimate Project Costs
  • Estimate the Cost Baseline
  • Reconcile Funding and Costs
    • 7 - Planning Human Resources and Quality Management
  • Create a Human Resource Plan
  • Create a Quality Management Plan
    • 8 - Communicating During the Project
  • Identify Communication Methods
  • Create a Communications Management Plan
    • 9 - Planning for Risk
  • Create a Risk Management Plan
  • Identify Project Risks and Triggers
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Develop a Risk Response Plan
    • 10 - Planning Project Procurements
  • Collect Project Procurement Inputs
  • Prepare a Procurement Management Plan
  • Prepare Procurement Documents
    • 11 - Planning for Change and Transitions
  • Develop an Integrated Change Control System
  • Develop a Transition Plan
    • 12 - Executing the Project
  • Direct the Project Execution
  • Execute a Quality Assurance Plan
  • Assemble the Project Team
  • Develop the Project Team
  • Manage the Project Team
  • Distribute Project Information
  • Manage Stakeholder Relationships and Expectations
    • 13 - Executing the Procurement Plan
  • Obtain Responses from Vendors
  • Select Project Vendors
    • 14 - Monitoring and Controlling Project Performance
  • Monitor and Control Project Work
  • Manage Project Changes
  • Report Project Performance
    • 15 - Monitoring and Controlling Project Constraints
  • Control Project Scope
  • Control Project Schedule
  • Control Project Costs
  • Manage Project Quality
    • 16 - Monitoring and Controlling Project Risks
  • Monitor and Control Project Risks
    • 17 - Monitoring and Controlling Procurements
  • Monitor and Control Vendors and Procurements
  • Handling Legal Issues
    • 18 - Closing the Project
  • Deliver the Final Product
  • Close Project Procurements
  • Close a Project

    • Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.